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An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

Note 190 — VII. MONACHISM.

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Nothing is so illogical as the logic resorted to in order to prove foregone conclusions. Donato Calvi (apud Panzini, Pubblica Confessione di un Prigioneiro, Torino, 1865, p. 111) quotes the texts Matt. XIX. 12, Luke XIV. 33 and Matt. XIX. 21, 27, and then triumphantly concludes—“Ben lice conchiudere chiaramente da’sacri Vangeli raccogliersi fossero gli Apostoli veri religiosi coi tre voti della religione legati.”

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